Kenyans Fredrick Yeko (1:04.37 hrs) and Joyce Chepkemoi (1:10.34) crossed the end line in first place within the seventeenth version of the Mexico Metropolis Half Marathon.
The long-distance runners confirmed off their nation’s operating custom and dominated the course that began and completed on the Torre del Caballito and the Ángel de la Independencia, respectively.
GALLERY: Two Kenyans win the Mexico Metropolis Half Marathon
Abel Kipkirui took second place within the males’s class with a time of 1:05.15, whereas Mexican Jorge Luis Cruz was second with a time of 1:05.32.
“Working towards the Kenyans is tough as a result of they’re very aggressive. I went with them till kilometer seven after which ran a bit of extra measuredly,” stated the tricolor, who in 2023 was positioned fourth.
Picture Maria Luisa Severiano
Along with taking first place, Chepkemoi set a brand new file for the occasion, beating the 1:13.08 set by Olympic athlete Citlali Moscote.
Second place went to Kimutai Jepkosgei with 1:10.56 and third place to host Mayra Sánchez (1:15.47).
Picture Maria Luisa Severiano
“It is a very undulating course however I felt good. I gained a few years in the past and right this moment I additionally managed to get on the rostrum, which makes me very glad,” stated the Mexican.
30,000 runners participated within the Half Marathon, 501 of them foreigners.
Gonzalo Valdominos was the winner within the wheelchair class whereas Brenda Osnaya gained within the girls’s class.
The demise of an individual is reported
In the course of the celebration of the Half Marathon, Juan Stenner, former nationwide staff member within the 400-meter hurdles occasion, handed away.
Stenner, 32 years previous, accompanied his brother, who did take part within the race, for a part of the route. After crossing the end line on the Angel of Independence, he fainted and though he obtained first help, he later died on the Rubén Leñero Hospital.
In an announcement, the Mexico Metropolis Sports activities Institute indicated that the deceased didn’t have a race quantity or another identification that may point out his registration for the race.
Gonzalo Valdominos, in a wheelchair, first place within the Mexico Metropolis Half Marathon, on July 14, 2024. Picture by María Luisa Severiano
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– 2024-07-18 13:17:33
